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Pause Gently: Hold Lightly

blue skies Posted on June 6, 2021 by Miriam GraceJune 6, 2021

Originally posted on August 14, 2013 by Miriam Grace   Do you have your dreams, or do your dreams have you? Do you have your feelings or do your feelings have you? Do you have your job or does your job have … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexander Technique, Anxiety, Awareness, Being, Body-Mind, Gestalt, Mind-Body, mindfulness, Psychosynthesis, Psychotherapy, Spirituality, Wisdom | Tagged Acceptance, Body Awareness, Body Intelligence, therapy | Leave a reply

Pandemic Pounds? How psychological shifts can help when nothing else does

blue skies Posted on May 11, 2021 by Miriam GraceMay 17, 2021

Click the picture for the full Guardian article! Why is it so hard to do the right thing when it comes to losing weight? This is a question that so many of my clients have asked me and this is … Continue reading →

Posted in Anxiety, Awareness, Compassion, Fitness, mindfulness, Psychotherapy, Weight | Tagged Acceptance, Body Awareness, Gwyneth Paltrow, losing weight, non-judgment, pandemic weight gain | Leave a reply

Here and Now: the timeless, powerful and effective Gestalt teaching

blue skies Posted on May 8, 2021 by Miriam GraceMay 8, 2021

Often reframed  as mindfulness, acceptance, focussing or compassion focused therapy, and having borrowed from buddhism, Zen, Reichian therapy, the Gestalt practice of starting where we are has retained its power for nearly 60 years, for centuries if we acknowledge that … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexander Technique, Awareness, Being, Body-Mind, Compassion, Gestalt, Mind-Body, mindfulness, Person Centered, Psychotherapy | Tagged Acceptance, Beisser, Body Intelligence, Dr Elinor Greenberg, Imogen Ragone, non-judgemental, pandemic, Paradoxical Theory of Change, therapy | Leave a reply

No going back: conscious re-entry and post-pandemic living

blue skies Posted on April 12, 2021 by Miriam GraceApril 13, 2021

How can we re-enter the world post-lockdown in a way that is chosen, powerful and reflective of our growth in the last year? This is the question I have been inviting supervisees, clients and most of all my Nourish & … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexander Technique, Anxiety, Awareness, Being, Body-Mind, Mind-Body, Person Centered, Psychosynthesis, Psychotherapy, Uncategorized | Tagged Acceptance, Body Intelligence, Change, coronavirus, Covid 19, Imogen Ragone, Nourish & Nurture, pandemic, therapy | Leave a reply

Blue Monday 2021: Pandemic mental health is different this year

blue skies Posted on February 17, 2021 by Miriam GraceFebruary 17, 2021

This article was originally published on Medium in January 2021: click here to view there. There is no doubt about it, the pandemic is different this year to last year, and our psychological responses are different this year to last … Continue reading →

Posted in Anxiety, Awareness, Being, cancer, chronic illness, Compassion, Depression, illness, Person Centered, Psychotherapy | Tagged Acceptance, coronavirus, Covid 19, mental-health, pandemic | Leave a reply

The Paradoxical Theory Of Change 2020

blue skies Posted on September 28, 2020 by Miriam GraceJune 7, 2022

CLICK ON THE PICTURE FOR MY NEW VIDEO: “The Paradoxical Theory of Change”   ..change occurs when one becomes what he is, not when he tries to become what he is not. Change does not take place through a coercive attempt … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexander Technique, Anxiety, Awareness, Being, chronic illness, Compassion, mindfulness, Person Centered, Psychotherapy | Tagged Acceptance, Beisser, Body Intelligence, Gestalt, Nourish & Nurture, Paradoxical Theory of Change | 2 Replies

So tell me what you want, what you really, really want ….

blue skies Posted on November 23, 2012 by Miriam GraceNovember 23, 2012

So if, as explored last time, we suspend expectations, where does that leave us in our relationships? Does this mean we should expect nothing from our partners, our friends, our family? If they are ‘doing their thing’ and I am doing mine, … Continue reading →

Posted in Being, Compassion, Gestalt, Person Centered, Psychotherapy, Uncategorized, Wisdom | Tagged Acceptance, expectations, Gestalt Prayer, Love, Needs, Relationship, Self, Walter Tubbs, Wants | Leave a reply

Great Expectations

blue skies Posted on November 22, 2012 by Miriam GraceNovember 22, 2012

Gestalt ‘Prayer’ I do my thing and you do your thing. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations,
 And you are not in this world to live up to mine.
 You are you, and I … Continue reading →

Posted in Being, Compassion, Gestalt, Person Centered, Psychotherapy, Uncategorized | Tagged Acceptance, expectations, Fritz Perls, Gestalt Prayer, Wayne Dyer, worry about what others think | 2 Replies

Without Judgment

blue skies Posted on June 21, 2012 by Miriam GraceJune 21, 2012

Without judgment, take a minute to listen and to know. What do you feel right now? Notice your body, your tensions, where you hold. Bring you attention to your energy, your creative life force, is it lively or flat? There … Continue reading →

Posted in Compassion, Gestalt, Person Centered, Psychotherapy | Tagged Acceptance, non-judgment | Leave a reply

Psychotherapy Without Words

blue skies Posted on May 24, 2012 by Miriam GraceMay 24, 2012

When the tissues and structures of the body are engaged and held in stillness… In that stillness there is opportunity for change and enhanced self-awareness.  Phil Greenfield I attended Phil Greenfield’s http://www.corealignment.co.uk/ talk on Zero Balancing this week. It seemed very … Continue reading →

Posted in Gestalt, Person Centered, Psychotherapy | Tagged Acceptance, Body Awareness, bodywork, Change, Zero Balancing | Leave a reply

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